Lama, Marian in Vienna and all jmdlers, On Wed, 27 Feb. 2002, "Jim L'Hommedieu \(Lama\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (in Re: Joni question on The Weakest Link): > >You'd be surprised! You'd get "oh, that Baez woman. What's it? Joni >Baez! No, it can't be her! She didn't write. It must be that one who >wrote 'Both Sides Now'. You know, Joni Collins!" > >Relishing Joni trivia at 4 AM. Tsk, tsk. >Lama > .... which was in response to what Marian in Vienna wrote on Tue., 26 Feb. 2002 (or, maybe, earlier on the 27th):
>Last night on the British version of The Weakest Link, one of the questions >was something like: > >"Roberta Anderson, composer of a number of songs which were popular during >the 60's and 70's, is better known as Joni ........." > >I thought the question was too easy! What other women singers have a first >name of Joni??? > >Marian >Vienna > ... about which, I comment: Joan Baez, whose discussion-group "listserv" similar to this one I subscribe to, DID write some of the songs she has recorded, including one of her best-known, "Diamonds and Rust." I don't know how many of her '60s and '70s recordings are her own compositions. And on the "*joan-list," people often refer to Joan as "Joanie," indistinguishable from "Joni" when spoken, as on the TV show. Two other singers with the name Joni: Joni James, who was referred to on this list several months ago, whom I erroneously identified as a blonde -- checking my catalogs of reissued recordings reveals that Ms. James is a brunette -- she recorded largely country music, and may have been most popular in the 1950s, but apparently is still active today; and Joni Bishop, someone whom I heard and saw perform (and liked) at the Second Story Coffeehouse in the public library in Denton, Md., in December 1999 (I think) -- Ms. Bishop, while hardly an international household name, I don't think is local to the Delmarva Peninsula, but, rather, is a working musician who tours regionally, perhaps nationally. I believe Ms. Bishop writes some of her own songs but has not been performing as long as since the '60s; Ms. James may or may not write songs. And for casual music fans to confuse Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell is not all that far-fetched. Judy has recorded at least four Joni songs, including "Both Sides(,) Now," "Chelsea Morning" and "Michael from Mountains." Both have long blond hair and play guitar and piano. The names are similarly Anglo-Saxon, have the same number of syllables, the same accent pattern and almost the same number of letters. Judy's ancestry is English and Irish; Joni's ancestry is Irish and ???? Both became popular in the 1960s. Judy is mainly known as an interpretive singer, but may be underrated as a songwriter. While she has not written as many as Joni nor pushed musical boundaries, Judy's songs are well-crafted and afford an enjoyable listening experience and, one for one, compare favorably to whatever Joni has written in a similar vein (in my not-so-humble opinion). Tim Spong Dover, Del., U.S.A. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
